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IBM XIV Pumps up the VVOL

Last weekI wrote about how hybrid cloudwill become the prevalent cloud model in enterprise data centers during the course of this year. It goes without saying that the success of hybrid cloud implementations will depend on management mechanisms that allow IT administrators to orchestrate infrastructure effectively and simply.

This blog describes the value of VVOL, a new capability of vSphere 6.0, explains how it helps administrators of VMware and XIV storage, in particular, and points you to documents and video clips that provide more details.

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What is VVOL?VVOL is an abbreviation of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes and is a set of storage APIs that:

Solve a long-standing industry issue through the VM-granular leveraging of advanced storage features, per application

Even better with IBM XIVMany storage products are rallying to support VVOL, but the unique attributes and architecture of IBM XIV – as well as design partner level support – impart additional advantages other systems can’t necessarily offer. These include:

IBM XIV and VMware integration has always been outstanding – to the great benefit of the lion’s share of IBM XIV customers who are VMware users as well. VMware and XIV jibe well together; both are evolving toward more efficient cloud scaling and automation; and the development teams work very closely to be bring to market superior solutions.

In the case of VVOL, our common users stand to gain once again. As companies build out their private or hybrid cloud capabilities, they will rely on the simpler management paradigms provided by both VVOL and IBM XIV to ensure success and reduce operational costs.